Jazz

Kenny Clarke

The Complete Albums Collection

4CD

Born January 9, Kenneth Clarke Spearman was an esteemed American jazz drummer and bandleader. A major innovator of the bebop…

Ramsey Lewis

His Eight Finest Lp’s

4CD

Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1935, Ramsey Lewis began taking piano lessons at the age of four. Lewis would eventually…

Ray Brown

The Early Albums Complete

4CD

  Track Listing: CD1:  Royal Roost Sessions (With Ella Fitzgerald) 1948: 1. Ool-Ya-Koo – 2:51   2. Love That Boy –…

Buddy Rich

The Classic Collaborations

4CD

American jazz drummer and bandleader Buddy Rich, born September 1917, is still considered one of the most influential drummers of…

Quincy Jones & His Orchestra

Early Years: Six Complete Albums 1957-61

3CD

Quincy Jones has become one of the most prominent personalities in popular music as a trumpeter and pianist who became…

Charles Mingus

Landmark Albums 1956-60

3CD

Charles Mingus was a double bassist, pianist composer and bandleader, and a significant proponent of the idea of collective improvisation,…

Blossom Dearie

The Early Years Collection 1948-60

4CD

Blossom Dearie was a jazz pianist and vocalist with a style and technique which skilfully interwove her piano and voice…

Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith

100 Classic Recordings 1925-53

4CD

Willie “The Lion” Smith was a jazz and stride pianist, rivalling James P. Johnson, Fats Waller and Clarence Williams in…

Orrin Tucker & His Orchestra

Oh Johnny! The Golden Years 1938-49

2CD

Orrin Tucker was a saxophonist, singer and bandleader who had his heyday during the late 1930s and into the ‘40s,…

Lena Horne

Early Years: The Singles Collection 1941-50

2CD

Lena Horne was a multi-talented singer, dancer, actor and civil rights activist, who by the age of 16 was performing…

Tex Beneke

Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop! The Singles Collection 1946-54

2CD

Tex Beneke was a big band saxophonist and singer who joined the Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1941, and remained with…

Gene McDaniels

The Singles & Albums Collection 1959-62

2CD

Gene McDaniels was an African-American singer, who started out performing gospel, before turning to jazz, and came to the fore…

Freddie Slack

Mr. Five By Five: The Singles Collection 1940-49

2CD

Freddie Slack was a boogie-woogie pianist and swing bandleader who started out with Jimmy Dorsey’s band in the 1930s and…

Buddy DeFranco

The Bebop Years 1949-56

2CD

Buddy DeFranco was one of the few jazz clarinettists to come to prominence in the post-war era when the instrument…

Hendrik Meurkens & The WDR Big Band

Samba Jazz Odyssey

Track Listing: 1. A Night In Jakarta – 7:22   2. Manhattan Samba – 5:40   3. Prague In March – 5:36  …

Barney Kessel

The Essential Albums 1955-1963

4CD

Born October 23 1923, Barney Kessel was an American jazz guitarist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Known in particular for his…